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Di sacked military officers include fugitive Claude Pivi, Moussa Thiegboro Camara and Blaise Goumou, Doumbouya tok.

Two other fugitives, Moussa Camara and Blaise Gomou, both colonels, have also been recaptured and taken back to the prison in Guinea.

Moussa Dadis Camara launched a coup on Dec. 23, 2008, and became the leader of the military government. | Pulse Nigeria

The former head of Guinea’s 2008 military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, has been recaptured following his escape from prison on Saturday, Guinea’s Ministry of Defense announced.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Camara's escape from prison occurred when heavily armed men attacked the Central House prison in Conakry early on Saturday, freeing him and three other high-ranking officers, according to Justice Minister Charles Wright. World News | Guinea: Former Junta Leader Recaptured After Escaping from Prison, Says Defence Ministry.

Camara escaped along with three other men who served in his administration.

On September 28, 2022, the Guinean judicial authorities opened a long-delayed trial of 11 men – among them former government ministers and a former president – accused of responsibility for the 2009 Guinean security forces’ massacre of more than 150 peaceful demonstrators and rapes of scores of women in a stadium in Conakry, the capital. The trial is the first of its kind involving human rights violations on this scale before domestic courts in Guinea.

In Guinea’s capital Conakry, the trial of the September 28, 2009 massacre started symbolically thirteen years after the crime, with a grand opening and a three-hour hearing. This is an exceptional judicial event for Guinea, with a former head of state in the dock.